Visual artist Fiona Campbell Follow.Art Card
Artworks
My vibe
Sculptural installations using found and reclaimed materials, with an artivist approach of care and repair.
About me
I merge sculpture, drawing, installation and textiles. Rooted in the notion of life’s persistence, interconnectedness, and transformation, my work focuses on climate breakdown, human exploitation of nature and over-consumption, which have led to mass animal/plant extinctions.
Materiality and process are key. My emphasis on re-appropriating found, discarded, reclaimed items relates to waste, our relationship with matter, nature, and ourselves. I regard materials as non-hierarchical, questioning value systems. Labour-intensive processes (weaving, wrapping, hand-stitching…) are forms of 3d mark-making, drawings in space. They refer to line as energy, threads through all things. My approach is a form of suturing, artivism, care and repair, giving abandoned objects new life.
I enjoy creating site-responsive work in interesting spaces. I work with community, teach and curate large-scale art projects and exhibitions, involving collaboration and public engagement programmes for diverse audiences.
I’m a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors,. I was shortlisted for Cass Art Prize’25; received a Gilbert Bayes award ‘19; was an Ingram Prize finalist ’21; and gained an ACE DYCP grant ’22/‘23. Recent exhibitions: WAC Installations (Chapter House, Wells Cathedral); Cass Art Prize, London; As Old as the Hills, Somerset; PADA, Portugal; Wander_Land, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Cornwall; Together We Rise, Chichester Cathedral; International Biennale, NCTRI Taiwan.
